Memories & Candles

“Dale, I am so sorry for your loss. I know the last years were not easy and now maybe Gerrie will have rest. My thoughts and prayers go with you and...Read More »
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2 of 6 | Posted by: Suzanne Machala - Baytown, TX

“While I never met Gerrie, I have heard so many wonderful things about her. Hearing Dale speak of her, it was clear that they shared a very special...Read More »
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3 of 6 | Posted by: Cathy Kemper - Baytown, TX

“Gerrie was such a gentle, loving woman. We have enjoyed her laughter, her beauty, her grace, and her friendship. I celebrate her life with all her...Read More »
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4 of 6 | Posted by: Mary Sue Bloomfield - Baytown, TX

“Gerrie had one of those rare combinations of extreme beauty both outwardly and inwardly. She is leaving her mark on everyone who had the pleasure of...Read More »
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5 of 6 | Posted by: Joyce Jacobs - Baytown, TX

Geraldine (Gerrie) Bolt Adams (nee Geraldine Riley), a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, died on August 15, 2014 due to complications with Alzheimer's Disease. Born February 8, 1937, in Milford, Illinois, to her birth parents, Clyde and Thelma Riley, who have preceded her in death, Geraldine lived most of her childhood and into adulthood with her foster parents, Donald and Esther Bolt, whose surname she adopted and who have also preceded her in death. She is also preceded in death by a foster sister, Edith Bolt Dunn; her father-in-law, Roddy Adams, and her mother-in-law, Emma Elizabeth Adams; her brother-in-law, Roland Adams; two sisters-in-law, Shirley Mason and Rosella McDaniel and her husband Bill McDaniel. She was a 1955 graduate of Gorman High School in Gorman, Texas, and attended North Texas State Teachers College in Denton, Texas, where she met her husband, Dale Talmadge Adams, who has been an instructor at Lee College in Baytown for forty-nine years. Geraldine leaves her husband, of 54 years, and three sons, Scott Patrick Adams, William Edward Adams, and Anthony Talmadge Adams and his wife Jeannette; two foster brothers, John Paul Bolt and his wife Carolyn and George Edward Bolt; a foster brother-in-law, Bill Dunn; and six much beloved grandchildren, Tyler Scott Adams and his wife Jessica, Erin Elizabeth Adams, Mariah Amber Adams, Riley Forrest Adams, Isobel Grace Adams, and Emily Brooke Adams; numerous nieces and nephews; and a beloved foster cousin, Ingrid Lindsey.

A ten-year resident of Baytown, where she was a volunteer at the Baytown Opportunity School, she lived the last forty years in Clear Lake (Houston) where she retired in 1996 from the Clear Lake City Water Authority after fifteen years' service. Geraldine loved and was especially devoted to her grandchildren and loved tending the flowers in her back yard. She was a woman of great good humor and was always able to make others laugh. "What though [her] radiance which once was so bright/Be now for ever taken from [our] sight,/Though nothing can bring back the hour/Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower;/We will grieve not, rather find/Strength in what remains behind;/In the primal sympathy/Which having been must ever be;/In the soothing thoughts that spring/Out of human suffering;/In the faith that looks through death,/In years that bring the philosophic mind."

While I never met Gerrie, I have heard so many wonderful things about her. Hearing Dale speak of her, it was clear that they shared a very special love that has carried them through difficult times. My prayers are with Dale and the rest of the family as they celebrate Gerrie's life and mourn her loss.

Gerrie was such a gentle, loving woman. We have enjoyed her laughter, her beauty, her grace, and her friendship. I celebrate her life with all her family and friends.

Posted by: Mary Sue Bloomfield - Baytown, TX - Friend Aug 18, 2014

Gerrie had one of those rare combinations of extreme beauty both outwardly and inwardly. She is leaving her mark on everyone who had the pleasure of knowing her, we all have wonderful memories of her life with us. Hopefully these memories will help you through the tough days ahead.

Posted by: Joyce Jacobs - Baytown, TX - Friend Aug 17, 2014

My deepest condolence for your loss. May you find comfort in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ . May he ease your pain and delight you with fond memories of Gerrie. Let us leave everything in His hands. Let him strengthen us, guide us, and bless us all each and everyday. In Jesus name. Amen

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